AT4G32810 | carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 8 carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 8 (CCD8); CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Carotenoid oxygenase (InterPro:IPR004294); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 6 (TAIR:AT3G24220.1); Has 2642 Blast hits to 2570 proteins in 479 species: Archae - 17; Bacteria - 769; Metazoa - 368; Fungi - 139; Plants - 827; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 522 (source: NCBI BLink). Encodes a protein with similarity to carotenoid cleaving deoxygenases, the enzymes that cleave beta-carotene. Involved in the production of a graft transmissable signal to suppress axillary branching. Protein is localized to chloroplast stroma and expressed primarily in root tip. Mutants in the gene exhibit increased shoot branching, and light-dependent defects in hook opening and hypocotyl/root elongation. Only upregulated by auxin in the root and hypocotyl, and this is not required for the inhibition of shoot branching. | 4 | + | View |